Legal Industry Articles

Hubert Burda Media and FUNKE-Verlag breakthrough Our antitrust team approves Burda-Funke marketing collaboration. The publishers call the agreement forward-looking since it allows them to defend their market position against dominating U.S. internet titans while maintaining editorial freedom. Burda and FUNKE [...]

Global Competition Review awards Michael Hausfeld Lifetime Achievement Michael Hausfeld, Hausfeld’s Chair Emeritus, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Global Competition Review’s annual GCR Awards presentation on March 28 in Washington, DC. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually to [...]

BLOMSTEIN announces second Berlin public procurement of architectural and planning services monitoring BLOMSTEIN and the Berlin Chamber of Architects are advocating for more competition-friendly public procurement of architectural and planning services. Dr. Pascal Friton, Partner The Berlin Chamber of Architects [...]

Hogan Lovells advises Aareon AG on selling all phi-Consulting GmbH shares Hogan Lovells assisted Aareon AG (“Aareon”) on the sale of all shares in its consulting subsidiary phi-Consulting GmbH (“phi-Consutling”) as part of a management buy-out. Aareon, based in Mainz, [...]

DF-MP Announces New Partners DF-MP applaud our distinguished colleagues Annette Hilgendorf and Richard Page. DF-MP is now even stronger. With two new partners, we’ll succeed even more. Richard Page, Partner Dr Page is in the firm’s biotechnology and pharmaceuticals practise [...]

Maynard Cooper & Gale and Nexsen Pruet Form Maynard Nexsen Fully integrated firms grow clients immediately. Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale and Carolinas-based Nexsen Pruet amalgamated to form Maynard Nexsen on April 1, 2023. Jeff Grantham, CEO & Managing Shareholder [...]

Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Honours Morrison Foerster In the newly released 2023 Legal 500 EMEA, Morrison Foerster received 6 practise area rankings in Germany and Belgium and 13 individual recognitions. Alex van der Wolk, Partner In Germany, MoFo won again [...]

Keker, Van Nest & Peters Names Laurie Carr Mims Managing Partner (San Francisco, 03/01/2023) San Francisco boutique trial firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP is pleased to announce Laurie Carr Mims as Managing Partner. She follows Steven K. Taylor, [...]

$300 Million Congruent Continuity Fund April 20, 2023—San Francisco Cooley advised Congruent Ventures, a $300 million Continuity Fund investor in early-stage climate-focused firms. Partner John Dado led Cooley. John Dado, Partner The Continuity Fund will help early-stage portfolio companies reach commercialisation. [...]

Ebb Carbon’s $20 Million Series A is Advised by Wilson Sonsini Ebb Carbon, an ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company founded by former Tesla, SolarCity, and Google X executives, announced a $20 million Series A on April 20, 2023, to [...]